Means for securing paper and metal fabric to wall structures



June Q, W25. 1 54mm C. E. KEAS ET AL MEANS FOR SECURING PAPER AND METAL FABRIC TO WALL STRUCTURES Filed Oct. 22. 1923 fl INVENTORS:

Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,541,360 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ELWOOD KEAS AND HARRY W. HAHN, 0F LOS ANGELFS, CALIFORNIA. AS- SIGNORS TO ECONOMY PRODUCTS CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

MEANS FOR SECURING PAPER AND METAL FABRIC TO WALL STRUCTURES.

Application filed October 22, 1923. Serial No. 670,149.

To all 'UP/LOI/b it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES Enwoon Ki-:.\s and HARRY W. HAHN, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Paper and Metal Fabric to lVall Structures, of which the following is a specification.

' In securing metal or wire fabric to wall supports, whether to joists, or to siding, to receive plastic material, the fabric is stretched in place and the fasteners are then applied in such a way as to secure the fabric to the support. but spaced therefrom. The

time consumed in placing the fasteners, or nails, and driving them into the support is important. If paper is to be applied to the joists, or siding, it is applied first and made fast and then the wire fabric is put into place over the paper. Under present methods the paper and the wirefabric are thus put into place at different times and with dilferent fastening means.

\Ve have conceived the idea of means for use in fastening the paper in place, which means is also adapted to secure the wire fabric in place with a single stroke of the hammer, that is, the fastening means isstruck into the paper and support but not driven home, and in this condition is ready to receive the wire or metal fabric thereon, and is of such form or design that a further stroke of the hammer not only drives the fastening means home, but closes it on the wire fabric, thussecuring the paper and the wire fabric with the same fastening means, and spacing the wire fabric from the paper the proper distance to receive the plastic matter.

So far as we are aware this method of applying paper and metal fabric to a wall structure in condition to receive a plastic material is new. It certainly is economical in the use of fastening means and a great time saver.

In order to fully explain ourinvention, we have illustrated the same on the accompanying sheet of drawings, which we will now describe.

Figure 1 is a face view of a wall structure, showlng joists, siding, paper, and metal fabric, with our improved fastening means in use:

Figure 2 is an edge View thereof;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the fastening means, with nail in place therein, and

Figures 4 and 5 are side views thereof at right angles to each other.

Referring to the drawings, we will describe in detail our method and one or two different means for securing both the paper and the metal'fabric in lace. In the drawings, 1, designates the joists, 2, siding of any suitable'character, and which is usually applied diagonally on the joists, and 3, building or other paper covering, said paper having marked thereon at uniform spaces apart, indications for the application of the fastening means. These marks can be produced in any desired and economical manner, or omitted if preferred. The metal fabric, here shown as woven wire fabric,.4, is then placed over the paper, at a suitable distance therefrom by our improved fastening means, which we will now describe.

The fastening means here illustrated for explanatory purposes has flat paper engaging portions to avoid cutting the paper and allowing it to come loose, and has means for frictionally holding a' nail therein, whereby the nail can be driven through the paper en gaging portion part way in order to secure the paper, and then can be driven further into or through the paper engaging portion after the metal fabric is applied thereto.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the paper engaging member is of flat construction, comprising a flat body member 10, with a struck up loop, 11. to receive a nail, 12, said body member 10, also having struck out of its edge, in opposite directions, flat paper-engaging feet or wings, 13, 13, and at its other edge having a cut-out recess, 14, into which, at either side of the nail, can be placed a strand of the wire fabric, before the nail is driven. home, in a manner hereinafter described.

The height of the fastening means is sufficient to properly space the metal fabric from the surface.

Our method of'using the fastening means is to apply the paper with the fastener, as

at A, Fig. 2, in which the nail is driven onlypartly into the support, with the flat feet or wings, 13, 13, bearing against the aper and thus holding it without danger o cut ting through it, or tearing it. This leaves the body member, 10, and the nail in such relationship that the wire fabric can be easily applied thereto, with a strand of the wire in the recess, 14, so that when the nail is given another blow, it is driven home, with the wire strand between the head of the nail and the body member, as clearly indicated at B, Fig.2. I

We have also suggested the application to paper of indications, 20, which can be uniformly spaced as proper places to apply the fastening means, thus not only determining the uniformity in use of the fasteners, but indicating to the novice the number of fastenimg means required for a proper job.

We are aware that fastening means having fiat paper-engaging feet or wings, and nail holding friction means of many kinds can be produced. now that we have conceived the idea and illustrated how the same can be made practical. and we are also aware that the broad idea of a fastening means for paper, which can also be used for securing a metal fabric in place over the paper, can be enibodiedin many different mechanical structures, which will be the result of mechanical skill, and we do not. therefore, limit our invention to the showing made for explanatory purposes. except as we maybe limited by a broad interpretation of the hereto appended claims.

We claim; 7

19A device of the character referred to and including a nail having a head, a body member having a struck up loop through which said nail is frictionally held, said body member having angularly disposed fiat wall engaging portions at one edge and a recess at the opposite edge, for the purpose illustrated.

2. In C(HTllJlIlfltlOll, a nail having a head, a flat body having a loop struck out of its side and through which said nail is frictionally held substantially in the plane of said body, said body having an angular portion to rest against a surface with the body projecting outwardly therefrom, and means for holdingawire between the outer edge of said body and the head of said nail.

Means for securing paper and metal lath to a wall with the metal lath spaced from said paper con'iprising a body member having a flat paper engaging portion, a

.nail frictionally secured to said body memher, with nail. engaging portions at opposite sides of the nail and spaced longitudinally of the nail whereby to prevent tilting movement of the body member on the nail, and means for holding a wire between the body member and the head of the nail when the nail is driven through said body member to bring its head into engagement therewith. v

4. In combination, a nail having a head, a flat body member having a loop struck therefrom and through which said nail is frictionally held, said body member having a flat angular portion at one side and at its other side having a recess to receive the head of the nail, whereby to hold a wire in said recess bet-ween said body member and the nail head. substantially as shown and described. i

5. A fastening device comprising in combination a nail with head, a flat body member having a loop struck from its side and through which said nail is frictionally held substantially in the plane of said flat body, said body having at its edge next to the head of the nail a recess, whereby to secure in said recess a strand of wire when said nail head is driven thereagainst, and having at its opposite edge two angular flat wall engaging portions.

Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, this 12th day of October,1923.

CHARLES ELWOOD KEAS. HARRY W. HAHN. Witnesses:

W. ICLrrznNBERe, MARoUERrrn L. WILBUR. 

